diff --git a/libsolc/libsolc.cpp b/libsolc/libsolc.cpp
index 26ce98ce9..6931ed081 100644
--- a/libsolc/libsolc.cpp
+++ b/libsolc/libsolc.cpp
@@ -270,46 +270,46 @@ static string s_outputBuffer;
 
 extern "C"
 {
-extern char const* license()
+extern char const* license() noexcept
 {
 	static string fullLicenseText = otherLicenses + licenseText;
 	return fullLicenseText.c_str();
 }
-extern char const* version()
+extern char const* version() noexcept
 {
 	return VersionString.c_str();
 }
-extern char const* compileJSON(char const* _input, bool _optimize)
+extern char const* compileJSON(char const* _input, bool _optimize) noexcept
 {
 	s_outputBuffer = compileSingle(_input, _optimize);
 	return s_outputBuffer.c_str();
 }
-extern char const* compileJSONMulti(char const* _input, bool _optimize)
+extern char const* compileJSONMulti(char const* _input, bool _optimize) noexcept
 {
 	s_outputBuffer = compileMulti(_input, _optimize);
 	return s_outputBuffer.c_str();
 }
-extern char const* compileJSONCallback(char const* _input, bool _optimize, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback)
+extern char const* compileJSONCallback(char const* _input, bool _optimize, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback) noexcept
 {
 	s_outputBuffer = compileMulti(_input, _optimize, _readCallback);
 	return s_outputBuffer.c_str();
 }
-extern char const* compileStandard(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback)
+extern char const* compileStandard(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback) noexcept
 {
 	s_outputBuffer = compileStandardInternal(_input, _readCallback);
 	return s_outputBuffer.c_str();
 }
-extern char const* solidity_license()
+extern char const* solidity_license() noexcept
 {
 	/// todo: make this the default or an alias
 	return license();
 }
-extern char const* solidity_version()
+extern char const* solidity_version() noexcept
 {
 	/// todo: make this the default or an alias
 	return version();
 }
-extern char const* solidity_compile(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback)
+extern char const* solidity_compile(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback) noexcept
 {
 	/// todo: make this the default or an alias
 	return compileStandard(_input, _readCallback);
diff --git a/libsolc/libsolc.h b/libsolc/libsolc.h
index 2cc004d4a..e959b758c 100644
--- a/libsolc/libsolc.h
+++ b/libsolc/libsolc.h
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#define SOLC_NOEXCEPT noexcept
+#else
+#define SOLC_NOEXCEPT
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -30,16 +36,16 @@ extern "C" {
 /// heap-allocated and are free'd by the caller.
 typedef void (*CStyleReadFileCallback)(char const* _path, char** o_contents, char** o_error);
 
-char const* license();
-char const* version();
-char const* compileJSON(char const* _input, bool _optimize);
-char const* compileJSONMulti(char const* _input, bool _optimize);
-char const* compileJSONCallback(char const* _input, bool _optimize, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback);
-char const* compileStandard(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback);
+char const* license() SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* version() SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* compileJSON(char const* _input, bool _optimize) SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* compileJSONMulti(char const* _input, bool _optimize) SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* compileJSONCallback(char const* _input, bool _optimize, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback) SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* compileStandard(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback) SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
 
-char const* solidity_license();
-char const* solidity_version();
-char const* solidity_compile(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback);
+char const* solidity_license() SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* solidity_version() SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
+char const* solidity_compile(char const* _input, CStyleReadFileCallback _readCallback) SOLC_NOEXCEPT;
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
index 8339780f6..58b841634 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ Json::Value StandardCompiler::compileInternal(Json::Value const& _input)
 	return output;
 }
 
-Json::Value StandardCompiler::compile(Json::Value const& _input)
+Json::Value StandardCompiler::compile(Json::Value const& _input) noexcept
 {
 	try
 	{
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ Json::Value StandardCompiler::compile(Json::Value const& _input)
 	}
 }
 
-string StandardCompiler::compile(string const& _input)
+string StandardCompiler::compile(string const& _input) noexcept
 {
 	Json::Value input;
 	string errors;
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.h b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.h
index 2772394ad..fc9c3a594 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.h
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/StandardCompiler.h
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ public:
 
 	/// Sets all input parameters according to @a _input which conforms to the standardized input
 	/// format, performs compilation and returns a standardized output.
-	Json::Value compile(Json::Value const& _input);
+	Json::Value compile(Json::Value const& _input) noexcept;
 	/// Parses input as JSON and peforms the above processing steps, returning a serialized JSON
 	/// output. Parsing errors are returned as regular errors.
-	std::string compile(std::string const& _input);
+	std::string compile(std::string const& _input) noexcept;
 
 private:
 	Json::Value compileInternal(Json::Value const& _input);